Welcome to the club.
I've been hoping for OLED monitors sincle like decade ago and bought current monitor nearly nine years ago thinking that OLED monitors would start appearing in couple years.
But OLED just seems to be perma SNAFU for PC use thanks to fragility of that fancy organic part.
And despite of desktop use with lots of static content being worser than some gaming, rare few 4K OLED monitors we have are all 60Hz...
While OLED TVs are more gamnig capable 120Hz as standard!
And even Samsung with their higher brightness/efficiency and hence more durability at same brightness QD-OLED seems reluctant to make 4K panel.
Having used 2560x1600 for that near nine years, only 4K/3840x2160 wouldn't be downgrade.
So I'm afraid we're still stuck in LCDs for some time.
For them you really need FALD backlight for HDR.
But where it's quite normal in TVs, it's rare in monitors.
And what ever has come out has been delayed badly...
Like AUO's one 32" 4K FALD panel which finally became available year ago, but at more like five years old response times.
Not that non-FALD panel was much better in response times...
AUO has newer FALD panel with apparently more modern response times, but despite of announcement at CES we're still waiting for any sign of actual availability.
Acer X32 FP is one of the monitors which should come with it.
(Acer intended to bring out monitors with those previous panels, but just wasn't satisfied with performance)
And what ever is announced at CES, don't hold breath for availability before Christmas of that year.
Caporegime
Alienware AW3423DW QD-OLED if you're OK with ultrawide.
It's very good. Read up on the downsides (text clarity/fan/burn in) but don't worry too much about them because it's very good - HDR/motion/colours/blacks.
Full array back-light LEDs are OK but the uniformity issues worry me. My laptop has a FALD panel and I'm not a fan.
It's very good. Read up on the downsides (text clarity/fan/burn in) but don't worry too much about them because it's very good - HDR/motion/colours/blacks.
Full array back-light LEDs are OK but the uniformity issues worry me. My laptop has a FALD panel and I'm not a fan.
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27" OLED def coming from LG, unsure about a 32 unfortunately 
The alienware has come into consideration alongside the Samsung alternative.
How would you combat the downsides such as burn in?
Caporegime
Not seen any on mine yet but mrk did see some in the thread for this monitor. There's built in protections but since mrk reported burn in I've also disabled afterburner OSD, moved my desktop folders onto my second monitor and set the task bar to auto-hide. The warranty covers burn in anyway and Dell's warranty is pretty spot on.
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Right ok, the warranty seems good from what I read.
I don't spend a lot of time on the desktop, if my PC is on I am in game but I do play some games with static elements such as FFXIV and Football Manager.
Anyway, cheers!
Burn in is result of uneven wear of individual pixels.
So biggest single thing would be avoiding static content.
Unfortunately that's badly incompatible with most PC use with even most games having at least some static elements like HUD...
Next would be controlling light level of environment.
Our vision is really measuring contrasts instead of absolute brightness.
So in less bright room you can keep monitor at lower brightness lowering stress and wear of pixels.
High temperatures would be also things to avoid with organic compounds being in general more fragile at elevated temperatures.
So try to avoid sun shining through window on OLED.
Inorganic quantum dots would have far higher endurance than organic stuff.
So let's hope electrolumiscent mode quantum dots appear in near future, because micro LEDs might be long way away.
(micro LEDs need separate semiconductor like manufacturing and then placing on panel, while quantum dot LEDs can be printed)
Interesting, thanks.